A Dress for Diana

A Dress for Diana
by David Emanuel, Elizabeth Emanuel

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Author: David Emanuel, Elizabeth Emanuel
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-20
ISBN: 006121437X
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Collins Design

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Book Review: A DRESS FOR DIANA
Summary: 4 Stars

For any bride, fashion designer or fan of Princess Di wanting a close up look at the making of her dress, A Dress for Diana is a real gift. Written by her designers, David and Elizabeth Emanuel, this book tours us through that Spring and Summer of 1981 when the world waited for shy Di to emerge from a gilded carriage to become a real live modern day princess. Once she did, bridal fashion changed forever. This husband and wife design duo from Great Britan were the hottest thing to hit the fashion scene in the early 1980s. They had magnificent talent the world wanted to see more of. I loved their first book 'Style For All Seasons' published in 1983. It was a showcase of their pre Steam Punk, little bit Belle Epoch, little bit Boho gowns and certainly a welcome change after so many years of 1970's funk. Diana's storybook dress eclipsed the granny gown chic and cookie cutter bridal uniforms of the time opening up so many possibilities in fashion. Suddenly bridal designers and manufacturers could innovate and even break a few rules.
One look at this book,and with the click of a mouse it was on its way from Amazon . . . I was not disappointed once I read it front to cover in one sitting. It isn't one of those tell all books. I'm a bridal designer so I wasn't all that much interested in reading about Di's lovers or the Emanuel's eventual split. No, this is a book about the design process and that special designer-client relationship the Emanuels developed with Di. What I loved most was its colorful and visual timeline from concept to creation of Diana's gown. It was like stepping into a time tunnel and being let in on one of the best kept secrets of the century, the designers guiding us through their Brook Street atelier. There are many sketches and variations on the dress Diana finally chose; photos of the dress as a work in progress, even the flower girls weeks before the wedding. The fabric was custom woven and the designers were firm about wanting a weave that couldn't be duplicated. The most inspiring thing about the book is the way the designers not only created a dress but a whole look for the wedding party to coordinate with the grand scale wedding.

Amy-Jo Tatum
Bride Chic
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Summary of A Dress for Diana

July 29,1981—The Royal Wedding of HRH Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer is one of the iconic moments of the twentieth century. It remains a day embedded in the memory of millions of people around the world—over 800 million people were watching at home on television.

Of all the images from the day itself, the one that springs to mind immediately is that of Diana's arrival at St. Paul's Cathedral in the glass carriage and the public's first glimpse of the best kept secret of the day: the royal wedding dress.

For the young designers, David Emanuel and Elizabeth Emanuel creating Diana's wedding dress was "a fairytale come true." Having only been introduced to Lady Diana Spencer in February 1981, the Emanuels quickly became one of her favored designers, which lead to a telephone call in March 1981 that would change their lives forever.

Officially commissioned by Buckingham Palace, the Emanuels set about designing a dress that would never be forgotten. Each step of the process was completed in total secrecy to ensure that no one, especially the world's press, got a glimpse of the famous dress until that glorious July day.

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